Assailant Prompts Front Page Outrage
Date: 20 November 1999
By Alan Feuer
Alan Feuer
New York Daily News's unusual front-page editorial headline in response to attack on Nicole Barrett, 'Get the Violent Crazies Off Our Streets,' raises eyebrows among some media critics; Brian Kates, deputy editorial page editor of The News, says urgency of headline reflects city's strong reaction to Barrett's plight; Mark Crispin Miller, professor of media studies at New York University, calls headline 'paranoid reaction' to attack, given drop in crime rate in city (M)
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MOTIVEPOWER AND WESTINGHOUSE AIR HOLDERS BACK DEAL
Date: 20 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shareholders of MotivePower Industries and Westinghouse Air Brake Co approve $442 million merger that creates new company called Wabtec Corp (S)
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COMPAQ JOINS CABLE AND WIRELESS IN SERVICES VENTURE
Date: 19 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Compaq Computer Corp and Cable and Wireless PLC are putting $500 million into venture that will sell electronic-commerce services for next five years; agreement calls for two companies to sell Internet services and software applications to small and medium-size businesses worldwide (S)
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ZIFF-DAVIS IS SELLING ZDTV TO VULCAN VENTURES
Date: 20 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ziff-Davis Inc sells 64 percent stake in ZDTV interactive cable television channel to Vulcan Ventures for $204.8 million to help reduce debt; Vulcan is controlled by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft Corp (S)
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GLOBAL INDUSTRIES DROPS PLAN TO BUY OFFSHORE BUILDER
Date: 19 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Global Industries Ltd cancels plan to buy offshore construction unit of Groupe GTM of France for $265 million in cash because certain conditions were not met (S)
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MINIMED TO SPEND UP TO $1.5 MILLION TO FIX INSULIN PUMPS
Date: 20 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
MiniMed Inc, maker of diabetes treatment products, plans to spend as much as $1.5 million to upgrade some of its insulin pumps because of computer software problem (S)
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E*TRADE GROUP IS BUYING ITS SECOND EUROPEAN AFFILIATE
Date: 20 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
E*Trade Group acquires E*Traÿ
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Mall TV Network Under Development
Date: 19 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Turner Broadcasting System unit of Time Warner and Simon Property Group, largest US shopping mall owner, plan to develop television network aimed at shoppers in Simon's malls; network is expected to begin installing kiosks with screens in malls by end of year; move gives Turner a way to extend its cable networks into new markets and promote its programming to consumers who are away from their home TV sets (S)
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TOYOTA OPERATING EARNINGS FALL
Date: 19 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Toyota Motor Co says first-half earnings rose 4.7 percent; net income rose to 201.66 billion yen ($1.91 billion) in six months ended Sept 30 from 192 billion yen a year earlier; pretax profit fell 1 percent, to 404.54 billion yen because of 12 percent rise in yen (S)
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